Combined shovel and hoe.



D. B. HARTWELL. COMBINED SHOVEL AND HOE.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 1a, 1909.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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COMBINED sHovEL AND HOE.

APPLIUATION FILED APR.13,1909

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.A

Application led April 13, 1909. .Serial No. 489,553.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DERRIOK B. HART- IWELL, a citizen of the United St-ates, resida single blade to be quickly arranged in position at the outer end of the handle to forml either a shovel or a hoe. Y

. Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size vand minor details of construction', within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit yor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined shovel and hoe, constructed in accordance with this invention illustratingin full ,lines the arrangement of the blade to form a lshovel and showing in dotted lines the position occupied by the blade to form a hoe. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, illustrating the` construction for detachably locking the-shank ofthe blade in the socket piece of the handle. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line lf-.4 of

portion of the combined shovel and hoe, the

lever being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 6

is a detail perspective view of the locking lever. Fig. 7 is a central longitudinal sectional view, illustrating a modification of the invention, in which the locking lever is detachable for releasing the shank of the blade. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view, illustrating the arrangement of the engaging portion of the locking lever when arranged for 'securing the shank of the blade within the socket piece. Fig. 9 is a detail View of a portion of the blade and the socket piece, the locking lever being` shown in dotted lines. Fig. l0 isa detail perspective lview of the locking lever.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding -parts in all the figures 'of the drawings. .4

, l designates a straight handle, equipped at its outer end witha socket piece 2, constructed of suitable metal and provided at its inner and outer ends withl sockets, the inner socket 3 receiving the adjacent end of the handle 1, and the outer socket Il being reduced for the reception of a shank 5 of a shovel blade 6. lThe outer reduced socket portion of the vsocket piece is arranged at an obtuse angle to the inner portion, and the shank 5 of the shovel blade is .also arranged -at an obtuse anglel to the said blade, so that when it is' fitted in the socket piece, as illustrated in full lines in Fig. l.

of the drawings, the shovel blade will eX- tend in substantially the same direction as the handle to form a shovel, and when it is reversed to the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. l, it will be arranged approximately at right angles to the handle to form a hoe. By this arrangement it is only necessaryV to reverse the blade to change it from one-position to the other, and only a single outer shank-receivingl socket is employed for these adjustments of the blade. The shank conforms to the interior conliguration of the outer socket, and these parts may be either of circular'or semi-circular form and the shank is secured lin the socket by 'means of a locking lever 7. vThe locking lever consists of an operating arm 8y and a pivot 9,provided with a lon itudinal flange. l0, adapted to be turned into and `out of Iengagement with the shank.v The locking`llever 7 is adapted to release the.

shank without being removed from thel socket piece, and for this purposethe shank is provided with a substantially T-shaped opening, consisting of a transverse portion Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

arm of the lever is arranged longitudinally of the socket piece, the flange l0 extends into the transverse portion of the T-shaped opening,..as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. To release the shank of the blade, the operating arm of the locking lever 1s swung inthe direction of the arrow.

in Fig. 5 of the drawings from its position longitudinally of the handle to a position at right angles to the same. ,turn or rotation of the pivot carries the ilo The quarter flange outward with respect to the .socket The operating arm 8v of the locking lever' is resilient and is provided at its free end 1with a substantially semi-circular bend 13,

extending inwardly toward the handle when the operating arm is in alinement with the gage a perforation 14.01;' the socket piece, whereby the operating arm is locked in engagement with the socket piece. The resiliency of the operating arm enables the latter to be readily sprung into and out of engagement with. the perforation, and the spring of the metal also serves to hold the shank of the blade tightly in engagement with the handle. Should the parts become worn tooy much for the resiliency of the metal to counteract, the lever may be heated and re-shaped to change the position of the flange with respect to the operating arm, or a new locking lever may be substituted for the worn one.

The pivot is journaled in u per and lower openings 15 and 16 of the soc et piece. The lower opening 16 is circular and the upper opening consists of a key hole slot, the metal being recessed around the key hole slot' at the exterior of lthe socket piece to form a seat 17 for the reception 'of a head 18 of the pivot. The head, which consists of a disk, fits in the recess 17, which is circular. The flange 10, which projects beyond the pivot 9, engages the interior of the socket piece and the head, Which engages the socket piece exteriorly, forms a bearing for' the locking lever. The key hole slot or opening 15 permits the removal of the locking-lever when the same is .swung to the opposite side of the Socket piece, and the movement of the lever in locking the shank draws the shoulder 19 thereof firmly against the end of the socket piece.

In Figs. 7 .to 10 inclusive`isillustrated a modification of the invention in which the T-shaped opening 20 of the shank 21 of the shovel blade 22 does not extend to the end of the shank and is closed thereati The T- shaped opening 20 is reversed with relation to the T-'shaped opening of the shank 5, the transverse portion being located at' the end of' the longitudinal branch at the end opposite that occupied by the transverse portion 11.y The locking lever 23, which is constructed substantially the same as the lever 7 with `the exception of the arrangement of'l the flange 2:4., 'is removable,'beingdetached from the socket piece before the. adjustment yflange 2l is arranged in alinement with the operating arm of the locking lever, and it engages the wall of the transverse portion of the shank, as illustrated in vFig. .S when tinparls are locked. The lever 28 is swung in the same-direction as the lever'to release the shank, and the key hole opening 25 ot' the socket piece is arranged the reverse of' the keyhole opening 15, the contracted portion extending from the circular portion, as shown in Fig. y9. so that when the operating I arm is swung around to a position at right same and having a terminal arranged to eni angles to the socket piece, the lever may be removed..

lll/ith either form of the invention the blade may be quickly changed from one positionto the other and is securely locked in either position.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y 1. A combined shovel and hoe including' a socket piece provided at its outer portion with a socket arranged at an obtuse angle to the inner portion, a blade hav-luga shank arranged at an obtuse angle to it and fitted in the socket and adapted to be reversed, whereby the blade is vadapted to extend from the handle in a longitudinal direction or at substantially right angles to the said handle,

and a locking device journaled in the socket and passing through the shank to lock the latter in the socket.

2. A combined shovel and hoe including a handle, a socket piece having an enlarged inner socket portion receiving the handle, said socket piece being also provided with a reduced outer portion forming a socket and arranged at an obtusev angle to the socket, a blade having a shank arranged at an obtuse angle to it and litted in the outer socket and reversible to arrange the blade either longitudinally of the handle or substantially at right angles thereto, and a locking device journaled in the socket and passing through the shank to lock the latter in the socket.

` 3. A device of the class described including a socket piece having a key hole opening,

a reversibleshank fitted in the socket and provided with a substantially T-shaped opening, and a locking lever having ia pivot 'providedwith a ange and adapted to be passed through the keyhole opening of the socket and operable in the opening of the shank.

-1-. A device of the class described including a socket piece having a key h'ole opening, a reversible shank fitted in the socket and provided. with a substantially T-shaped opening, and a looking lever consisting of a Ipivot provided with a flange and adapted to extend through the .key hole opening of the socket' piece and operable in the slot of *i the shank, and an operating arni engaging the socket piece and locking thc pivot against rotation. A

A device of the class described includingl a socket piece having a key hole opening, a reversible shank fitted in the socket and provided with a substantially T-shaped opening, and a locking lever consisting of an operating arm, and a pivot provided with a flange and adapted to extend through the key hole openingl of the socket piece and operable in thc slot of the shank, said operating arni being resilient and detachably engaging the socket piece for holding the fiange in engagement with the shank.

(i. A device of the class described including a. socket piece, a blade provided with a shank detaeliably fitted in the socket piece and having an openingconsisting of a transverse portion, and a longitudinal portion extending from'the transverse portion to the end of the Shania-and a locking lever provided willi a pivothaving a flange operating Within the socket piece and engaging the opening of the shank.

7. A device of the class described including a socket piece having a kcy/ hole opening, a shank detachably tted .in the socket piece and provided with a substantially T- shaped opening having a longitudinal portion extending to the end of the shank, and a locking lever composed of an operating arni, a pivot provided with a flange arranged ing a socket piece provided with a key hole.

opening and having an exterior recess thereat, a blade having a shank fitted in the socket piece and provided 'with an opening' eouiposed of a longitudinal portion and a transverse portion, and a locking lever having an operating arin and provided with a pivot having a flange and adapted to pass i through the key hole opening of the socket piece and operable in 4the opening of the shank.

9. A device of the class described including a socket piece having a perforation, a

blade having a shank fitted in thel socket piece and provided with an opening coniposed ofa transverse portion and a longitudinal portioin'and a locking lever, provided With an operating arm and having a pivot provided With a flange and operating in the slot of the shank, said operating arm being resilient and provided with a pin engaging the perforation of the socket piece.

ln testimony that I claini the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature inthe presence of two Witnesses.

D. BARNARD HARTWELL.

lVitnesses:

ROBERT RoGnRsoN, R.H. Roys. 

